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(FTP/01) Power Balance in Stellarator Reactors

  (This paper was rapporteured in lecture FT1/3)  

 
H. Wobig , C. D. Beidler , J. Kißlinger , E. Harmeyer , F. Herrnegger 
 
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching bei München, Germany, EURATOM-Ass.

Abstract
The Helias stellarator  reactor is an upgrade version of the Wendelstein 7-X  device taking into account the design criteria of a power reactor. The dimensions of a Helias reactor  are: Major radius 22 m, average plasma radius 1.8 m, magnetic field on axis 4.75 T, fusion power  about 3000 MW. Neoclassical transport sets a lower limit on plasma confinement, and extensive numerical calculations have been done to clarify this issue. Extrapolating empirical scaling laws to a Helias reactor shows that anomalous confinement  determines the ignition conditions. The effect of parameter variations on ignition is studied. The result of these zero dimensional calculations is also compared with start-up scenarios obtained with the ASTRA code.

 

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